"You are the lead station operator in the Resistance receiving station mentioned in the first question. You have received the message sent by the operator in the capital at 1 pm local time in the first example on 160 meters and must now forward the vital information received to Resistance HQ via HF radio. Once …
Category: Scout Skills
The Foundation-Squaring Away Communications Needs in 2017
I've received a number of emails over the last several weeks requesting info on various issues, recommended gear, etc...and while I certainly don't mind answering the plethora of questions (it's part of the reason I run this blog) much of the info has been previously addressed. Due to the size and scope of the information …
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So you wanna be a Guerrilla RTO-
Keypounder sent me this question and wanted to pose it to all of you. There's a lot more to being an effective RTO than knowing how to key a mic, or even calculating a simple equation for antenna length, and one of the very serious reasons to get a license now is to start building …
Re: Spam Can Ammo Caches
From today's letter to Survivalblog concerning caches... A reader dug his up to inspect the conditions and commented on how well the Russian spam cans held up. The pictures tell the tale. The author indicated that he buried the spam cans in 2009. That gave them five years underground. They're not looking too good. For …
Contact Medicine
Fact #1- If you're planning on taking up arms, plan on getting hurt. Fact #2- Statistically speaking, 10% of those injured will die from injuries sustained. Nothing you will do can change this. These casualties will be dead usually from first contact. Fact #3- Of the 90% who don't die, without a tiered response plan …
A SIGINT report from the RNC
Compiled and submitted by an anonymous donor: 2016 RNC Cleveland, Ohio SIGINT The Republican National Convention was held in Cleveland, OH on July 18-21, 2016. Officials began implementing the security zone and closing areas off to traffic on the evening of July 14th. Monitoring of communications began on a periodic basis on 7/14/2016 and continued …
Someone is always listening, Part II
In the preceding post, I very bluntly pointed out, as a few of us have been trying to do, that the capability to DF and monitor anyone and anything indeed does exist. So now the question becomes 'how do you work against it?' Well, let's examine some options and point out a few truths. The …
A primer on 7.62 AK ammo
Far and away, one of the least expensive rifle calibers out there to train with is the 7.62x39, leading many to stock up in bulk. The round itself works- sure, there's others that increase range, accuracy and terminal effect, but essentially the round does fairly well what it was designed to do, used within the …
Supplemental Notes to “The Baseline Patrol Kit”
Based on some of the feedback from my last, I think it's important to clarify things a bit. There's a significant issue concerning equipment selection that's often lost during gear selection conversations, that being task and purpose, which doesn't translate well to either civilians or non-small unit focused troops. Shortcutting the experience to the end …
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A Baseline Patrol Kit
This post is meant to serve as a baseline. What this means is that, quite bluntly, it works for me at a minimum. It is meant to be added to, but never detracted from, while patrolling in the traditional sense. There's a few items not pictured that should go without saying, such as a couple …